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Adlai Stevenson III

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 10, 1930 in Chicago, IL
Died: September 6, 2021 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • Harvard College, 1952, Law School, 1957

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1952-1954
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1954-1961

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1965-1967
  • IL Treasurer, 1967-1970

Other notes:

  • Son of Adlai Stevenson


Election Results for Adlai Stevenson III


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 35 IL D Treasurer General 1 1,889,595 50.5%
1970 39 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special Primary 1 676,689 100.0%
1970 39 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 2,065,054 57.4%
1974 43 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 822,248 82.9%
1974 43 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,811,496 62.2%
1982 51 IL D Governor General 2 1,811,027 49.3%
1986 55 IL D Governor Primary 1 735,249 92.9%
1986 55 IL Illinois Solidarity Governor General 2 1,256,626 40.0%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Adlai Stevenson III


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1970 39 Senate 0 71 81 0 R 31 63 77 0 0
1971 40 Senate 14 75 77 14 R 40 62 85 100 5
1972 41 Senate 7 83 82 9 R 30 59 92 85 17
1973 42 Senate 9 85 87 8 R 34 61 94 90 4
1974 43 Senate 10 88 81 11 R 31 66 92 100 6
1975 44 Senate 8 87 87 6 R 42 47 90 72* 0
1976 45 Senate 20 71 82 10 R 51 45 90 75 3
1977 46 Senate 30 61 67 19 D 84 6 86 61 18
1978 47 Senate 13 83 88 8 D 81 14 91 68 4
1979 48 Senate 15 73 70 15 D 75 9 84 72 9
1980 49 Senate 15 64 74 12 D 78 12 86 85 20
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.